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Template:Box Car Wood 36' Double Sheath 1277-1301

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Wood 36' Double Sheath Box Car

One of the DAR's fleet of 36-foot general purpose wooden boxcars often used on the DAR to transport apples.

D.A.R. Series 1277 to 1301

  • Builder:
  • Date: 1900[1]
  • Inside Length: 36'[2]
  • Inside Width: 8' 6"[2]
  • Inside Height: 8'[2]
  • Outside Length: 37' 1"[2]
  • Outside Width: 10' 2"[2]
  • Height, rail to running board: 13' 5"[2]
  • Side doors: 6' wide, 7' 8" high[2]
  • End Doors: 2' wide, 2' 10" high[2]
  • Capacity: 60,000 lbs.[2]
  • Volume: 2448 cubic feet[2]


References and Footnotes

  1. Date of build note on reverse of photo of 1297 taken by Charles McBride, circa 1937.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Official Railway Equipment Register, July 1932